COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Regardless of 13 kills from Reagan Rutherford, the No. 12 Kentucky Volleyball workforce was swept for the primary time in Southeastern Convention play since 2017 on Saturday afternoon, struggling a 3-0 loss (25-23, 27-25, 25-20) to Texas A&M inside Reed Enviornment.
Rutherford led the Wildcats with 13 kill on the afternoon, the one UK participant to eclipse the double-digit win plateau on the afternoon. Azhani Tealer had 9 kills on 20 swings and UK hit .203 for the match, a brand new season low for a convention match.
Texas A&M by no means led by greater than 5 factors in a set till the third, however Kentucky solely led for a complete of 13 factors in your entire match because it misplaced simply its second SEC street match since 2017.
The collection concludes Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. ET on ESPNU.
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Set One
Set one was shut all through as Kentucky and Texas A&M performed your entire body inside a five-point window as no workforce garnered greater than a three-point lead the entire means. The most important lead for Kentucky got here at 16-14, however the Aggies used the subsequent stanza of factors to take an 18-16 lead and UK referred to as its first timeout. Texas A&M took a 24-22 lead and after UK sided out, a kill by Elena Karakasi ended the set as Texas A&M hit .275 to take a 1-0 lead with 5 kills from Madison Bowser to prepared the ground. Kentucky hit .200 within the body with 4 kills from Adanna Rollins and 12 assists from Emma Grome. UK by no means trailed by greater than three factors your entire set, however by no means led by greater than two.
Set Two
Set two once more got here all the way down to the wire, as a problem evaluation that was upheld ended up deciding the ultimate level of the body with Texas A&M profitable, 27-25. It was the sixth time this season in a set that Kentucky has had a set level, and in the end ended up shedding the set. The Wildcats trailed 8-3 however rallied to take the lead at 17-16 and gained three-straight factors to make it 19-16 and drive the Aggies right into a timeout. Kentucky allowed Texas A&M to creep again into the set with crucial kills from the pins and after UK took a 22-20 lead, TAMU gained 5 of the subsequent eight factors to arrange its first set level at 25-24. After Kentucky sided out, the Aggies transformed on an ace to win the set and took a 2-0 lead within the match on the Wildcats – the primary SEC workforce to take action this season.
Set Three
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Kentucky fell behind early within the third set and was unable to make up the deficit all night. The Aggies arrived at set level with a 24-18 lead and regardless of two factors from the Wildcats, a kill from Texas A&M’s Logan Lednicky ended the match, her ninth of the match.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Clara Strack scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Teonni Key had 16 points and 13 rebounds and No. 14 Kentucky defeated Arizona State 77-61 on Tuesday in the Music City Classic to remain unbeaten.
Kentucky nearly had four players with double-doubles as Georgia Amoore added 20 points and nine rebounds and Amelia Hassett had eight points and nine rebounds for the Wildcats (6-0), who shot 42% and scored 13 points off 14 Arizona State turnovers.
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Jalyn Brown scored 16 points and Nevaeh Parkinson added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Sun Devils (3-3). Arizona State shot just 30%.
The Sun Devils cut a 19-point deficit to 11 after three quarters but a 6-0 burst with baskets by Key, Amoore and Strack built the lead back to 15 midway through the fourth.
Kentucky led 42-23 at halftime after outscoring the Sun Devils 27-9 in the second quarter, scoring the first 13 points of the period with Struck putting in the final seven in the run. A couple ASU free throws later, the Wildcats went on an 11-2 run capped by a Hassett 3 and the lead was 20. Strack scored 14 points and Key 10 in the half.
The teams continue play in the Music City Classic on Wednesday with Kentucky playing No. 19 Illinois and Arizona State facing South Dakota.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Rivalry week has finally arrived. The Louisville and Kentucky football program are set to do battle once again, facing off in Lexington for the annual Battle for the Governor’s Cup.
Here are the depth charts for both the Cardinals and Wildcats:
Changes from Louisville’s Depth Chart vs. Pitt:
Quarterback
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9 Tyler Shough (6-5, 230, Gr.) 10 Pierce Clarkson (6-1, 190, R-Fr.) OR 15 Harrison Bailey (6-5, 230, R-Sr.) OR 12 Brady Allen (6-6, 220, R-So)
Running Back
25 Isaac Brown (5-9, 190, Fr.) 21 Donald Chaney Jr. (5-10, 210, R-Jr.) 26 Duke Watson (6-0, 180, Fr.) 22 Keyjuan Brown (5-10, 210, R-Fr.)
Wide Receiver
0 Chris Bell (6-2, 220, Jr.) 81 Cataurus Hicks (5-10, 180, R-Fr.)
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (3-2) at Kentucky Wildcats (5-0)
Lexington, Kentucky; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. EST
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BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -22.5; over/under is 164
BOTTOM LINE: No. 8 Kentucky takes on Western Kentucky after Koby Brea scored 22 points in Kentucky’s 108-59 win over the Jackson State Tigers.
The Wildcats have gone 4-0 at home. Kentucky is 10th in college basketball averaging 12.6 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 42.3% from downtown. Brea leads the team averaging 4.0 makes while shooting 74.1% from 3-point range.
The Hilltoppers are 0-1 in road games. Western Kentucky ranks third in the CUSA shooting 37.4% from 3-point range.
Kentucky scores 97.0 points, 24.2 more per game than the 72.8 Western Kentucky allows. Western Kentucky averages 9.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.8 more made shots on average than the 6.0 per game Kentucky gives up.
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TOP PERFORMERS: Brea is shooting 74.1% from beyond the arc with 4.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, while averaging 16 points.
Julius Thedford averages 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Hilltoppers, scoring 11.4 points while shooting 54.5% from beyond the arc.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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